VANTA - Tidal

“Tidal” (2025)
Oil on canvas
170 x 140 cm

Deep blue oil paint swirls and churns across this canvas like water caught in motion. VANTA has manipulated the paint to create varying depths of blue - from near-black in the darkest passages to luminous cyan where the pigment thins or catches light. The entire surface feels liquid and dynamic, suggesting ocean currents, underwater light, or waves viewed from below.

The paint application itself creates this aquatic quality. Represented by S-Gallery and available on Catawiki, the piece shows evidence of scraping, dragging, and layering that builds up a sense of movement and depth. Some areas appear to recede into darkness while others surge forward with lighter tones, creating spatial ambiguity that enhances the oceanic reading.

Standing before this substantial canvas, the eye keeps finding new currents and eddies in the blue field. It’s a painting that refuses to stay still, constantly suggesting motion and fluidity even though the paint itself has long since dried and fixed in place.

Shipping:
The work is delivered without a frame (professional packaging, rolled in a tube). it can easily be restretched by a professional or on your own, this is also cheaper then the otherwise increased cost of shipping when sending paintings of this size stretched

The measurements indicated are those of the painting stretched and mounted on a frame (The actual
measurements of the canvas are larger to allow it to be mounted on a frame 2-4cm thick.